I got myself an XBOX360 the other day and of course FIFA11. What is it with EA I do not want to go off on one but Ultimate Team is pushing me close to the edge.
Ultimate Team sounds daft but actually is great fun, you collect cards with players on and to add to your team, you play tournaments then win cash to buy more cards to buy better players and so on.
Its a nice little feature and is quite addictive, however you cannot play this when the EA servers are down or as is more common when your XBOX cannot connect to the EA servers. So you often play a game but find the servers have failed to see you to play it again as the result was not recorded. This happens so often as to make the entire feature an exercise in frustration.
Sort it out EA!
In other news I'm still building up my portfolio of domains, I would still earn more cash if I worked in tesco but the sites do come in handy for work sometimes so overall it makes it a worthwhile venture.
They are getting weirdly varied have a gander Preloved Horses, Very Discount Code, Meta Reviews, E Cigs Review to name but a few.
I'm off now to check out if FM12 is going to be any good from the little I have read so far I'm uninspired but that might yet change.
Sunday, 25 September 2011
Saturday, 16 July 2011
Pocket Soccer
Mmm bought myself a Samsung Galaxy Tab the other day, an awesome bit of kit whilst looking around for games to keep my interested I grabbed Pocket Soccer. Honestly if you do one thing and have an Android phone really get this it is free, two players just great fun all round.
In other news I have started a forum, after FM Live died I started posting on a BBC Message board about Religion and Ethics (bit of an atheist me) anyway that closed so I started a Religion and Ethics Forum which oddly is really active!
Not a bad mix of people either from both sides of the camp.
In other news I have started a forum, after FM Live died I started posting on a BBC Message board about Religion and Ethics (bit of an atheist me) anyway that closed so I started a Religion and Ethics Forum which oddly is really active!
Not a bad mix of people either from both sides of the camp.
Tuesday, 14 June 2011
Frozen Synapse Download
I have read a lot about this indie game and it got released on Steam recently so I jumped in. Oh wow is it addictive and deep and well, what else, brilliant.
It is very easy to get into my first blast and two hours just seemed to disappear. I suppose I'm going to right back now but it does remind you of X Com series of game which were pretty decent for their time.
I think the devs of this game can do a lot more as well they have hit the jackpot with this I'm sure.
Here is a Frozen Synapse Tutorial, as you can see it is very simple but honestly well worth a blast!
Each match is immediate and places you into the tactical situation. There is no waiting around for the action.
It is very easy to get into my first blast and two hours just seemed to disappear. I suppose I'm going to right back now but it does remind you of X Com series of game which were pretty decent for their time.
I think the devs of this game can do a lot more as well they have hit the jackpot with this I'm sure.
Here is a Frozen Synapse Tutorial, as you can see it is very simple but honestly well worth a blast!
Each match is immediate and places you into the tactical situation. There is no waiting around for the action.
Friday, 10 June 2011
Still Freelance Pay Per Click
Still working on a freelance basis on marketing namely PPC / SEO for Oak Furniture Land seemed to have made some progress as sales are up. Not suggesting that this is soley my doing, work very much as part of a team and of course their stores and the A1 website are a core component of the company's continued success.
No sign of the rolling contract ending but I'm not overly worried about getting more work should it end and besides really enjoy working with them. Would not mind staying in furniture when it does end though as it is a sector I have good knowledge of, we will see.
It has been a lot of work and will remain focused and aggressive two features that you need to do well at PPC.
Onto FM related news I'm still casually playing FM2011 maybe I should jump into the FM forums and give some feedback but suspect SI are sick of me! Had a few mini adventures with Swansea (Premier League) Southampton (same) and Telford United (League Two).
I'm actually enjoying playing with a mate where we both take over a club and then share our experiences of how we do. It would be nice if FM had a feature where we could upload our teams to a web server and then watch a game using our teams and tactics. Might be a fun addition.
Pretty convinced the next big move for FM is some sort of multi player feature, we all know FML was a disaster but it is where the future lies. Just look at what Popcap have done with Bejeweled on Facebook.
No sign of the rolling contract ending but I'm not overly worried about getting more work should it end and besides really enjoy working with them. Would not mind staying in furniture when it does end though as it is a sector I have good knowledge of, we will see.
It has been a lot of work and will remain focused and aggressive two features that you need to do well at PPC.
Onto FM related news I'm still casually playing FM2011 maybe I should jump into the FM forums and give some feedback but suspect SI are sick of me! Had a few mini adventures with Swansea (Premier League) Southampton (same) and Telford United (League Two).
I'm actually enjoying playing with a mate where we both take over a club and then share our experiences of how we do. It would be nice if FM had a feature where we could upload our teams to a web server and then watch a game using our teams and tactics. Might be a fun addition.
Pretty convinced the next big move for FM is some sort of multi player feature, we all know FML was a disaster but it is where the future lies. Just look at what Popcap have done with Bejeweled on Facebook.
Thursday, 2 June 2011
We are Premier League, say We are Premier League
Swansea V Reading - What can you say epic day, epic game looked like we were going down a massive Reading comeback on 60 minutes but started to open them again and finally nailed it at 4-2.
Cannot quite beleieve Swansea are in the Premier League it is quite literally once in a lifetime moment.
Cannot quite beleieve Swansea are in the Premier League it is quite literally once in a lifetime moment.
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Get in
Still working for Oak Furniture Land and this week pondering over Shabby Chic Furniture, good fun.
Meanwhile was bouncing over Swans victory over Forest. Was quite funny as I was running around the room in a T Shirt over the head moment, my daughter calmly turned to my wife and said 'Mummy why did you marry Daddy?'.
WEMBLEY, WEMBLEY..........
I do not mind if we lose I'm just going to enjoy the day out.
Meanwhile was bouncing over Swans victory over Forest. Was quite funny as I was running around the room in a T Shirt over the head moment, my daughter calmly turned to my wife and said 'Mummy why did you marry Daddy?'.
WEMBLEY, WEMBLEY..........
I do not mind if we lose I'm just going to enjoy the day out.
Thursday, 12 May 2011
Long Time No Update
Well been very busy of late freelancing (mainly PPC in Google Adwords, Hitwise etc) for one of the biggest online furniture retailers (Oak Furniture Land) in the UK, actually the biggest online furniture retailer in the UK. Some awesome peeps working there really sharp when it comes to all things IT, so dunno what they want with me Actually I think I’ve done some decent PPC stuff for them and have added value.
I suppose the big topic relating to this blog is the sad demise of Football Manager Live. I think FM2011 is a fine game and the ME and database is eons ahead of anything else so I think SI have a great future.
In my view there were mistakes made way back after all the churn rate in beta was there plain as day and this issue was never properly addressed. I think if they ever dabble again with online it may be and added extra to FM much like Pitboss is Civ5. I think this would be viable personally even though you hear the argument that everyone would want to be Man Utd I’m not so sure if you look the success of FIFA Virtual Pro.
Anyway no use looking back at past mistakes the game was what it was and I do think they could have found a way of marketing the game cost effectively even given its high churn rate.
I did offer to do PPC for them and actually spent £30 myself demonstrating that they could drive costs down and have a viable marketing route. I rolled out across the US (changing from Football to Soccer in adverts, silly US) and I think had they targeted English Speakers across Euroland with the Cost Per Click I was getting could have secured the long term future of the game.
I do not think there is much more to say really, this blog has covered the game in detail looking at its direction at various stages. I suspect if they had gone for a proper rags to riches type thing culling the top teams off we might still have FML but now we will never know.
What next then… I think I’ll continue to blog about my gaming exploits here but I’m not seeing much that really hooks me in. Civ5 I found a bit slow and buggy, have had the odd blast of FM2010 which I have enjoyed but it lacks an edge. The last game I really got into was Starcraft 2 so will keep an eye out for an expansion of that.
I suppose the big topic relating to this blog is the sad demise of Football Manager Live. I think FM2011 is a fine game and the ME and database is eons ahead of anything else so I think SI have a great future.
In my view there were mistakes made way back after all the churn rate in beta was there plain as day and this issue was never properly addressed. I think if they ever dabble again with online it may be and added extra to FM much like Pitboss is Civ5. I think this would be viable personally even though you hear the argument that everyone would want to be Man Utd I’m not so sure if you look the success of FIFA Virtual Pro.
Anyway no use looking back at past mistakes the game was what it was and I do think they could have found a way of marketing the game cost effectively even given its high churn rate.
I did offer to do PPC for them and actually spent £30 myself demonstrating that they could drive costs down and have a viable marketing route. I rolled out across the US (changing from Football to Soccer in adverts, silly US) and I think had they targeted English Speakers across Euroland with the Cost Per Click I was getting could have secured the long term future of the game.
I do not think there is much more to say really, this blog has covered the game in detail looking at its direction at various stages. I suspect if they had gone for a proper rags to riches type thing culling the top teams off we might still have FML but now we will never know.
What next then… I think I’ll continue to blog about my gaming exploits here but I’m not seeing much that really hooks me in. Civ5 I found a bit slow and buggy, have had the odd blast of FM2010 which I have enjoyed but it lacks an edge. The last game I really got into was Starcraft 2 so will keep an eye out for an expansion of that.
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